The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-14

Wednesday to merchant in this city was
delivered by mistake to man of the same
name as the merchant. The man for whom
the message was not intended read to ms
amazement, Dead Horse" He sent the
message back to the telegraph office for an
explanation, and then it was delivered to the
proper person. The merchant was not sur
prised when he read "Dead horse" lie
knew that it meant that the broker would
not sell at the figure he had offered. The
funny exchange of Geographic communica-
tons between business men Is not funny TO
them. They are all business. and when 9.
merchant receives message, Rooster,
which means, I'VE expect to buy at your
limits" he does not think of big barnyard
cock with big red comb and flowing tail
and huge spurs. The rooster never crosses
hislmind.
The men who deal in hogs and Chicago
beef have great deal of telegraphing to do,
and the language most used in hogs is very
brief and snappy. One word means vol
umnes usually, and in New York, Philadel-
phia and Chicago the hog language is in ex-
tensive circulation during business hours
Tedius means ''The hogs. arriving are very
heavy in weight; Tediously. 1.-THE hogs
arriving are heavier than usual" Teeth,
''The hogs arriving are mostly light in
weight" Teething, VERY few of the hogs
now arriving are heavy enough for mess
may now be considered closed" Temple
conveys the information that 1.-THE hogs now
arriving are heavier than those received ear
lier in the season." Tendril means .'The
packing season is expected to be short" and
@n Ia ssod dCn dFsssea hogs h srH as
has ip"'i great SsdA deal Of ''G hog language
of it, and there is a great deal about the
weather and crops that merchants are al
ways so anxious to know about so as to de-
eide whether corner in wheat er corn is ad-
yisable Symbolic means 1.-THE seeding this
year is backward; sympathy, The wealth.
er is unfavorable for the growing crops"
Synagogue, up to this time very little has
been done, the ground being too wet;''' Sy-
nod, Late frosts said to have done much in
| jury Tadpole conveys the information
that Accounts OF the crops are very en-
couraging: and in time of dry weather Tab
let reveals the fact that 1.-THE crops have
been injured by the severe drouth;" Talent
means "Harvesting in this section will begin
| next week." Teapot, Heavy rains in this
| section of the country" Tavern, weather
| is warm for this time of the year." Tattoo
| time of the year.
| The ciphers used for describing the time
| of day and different months are very numer-
the last t half Of
half Of February. Nominate includes
February, March and April; ''Nourishing,"
| April and May; Nugget" May, June: and
July; Nutmeg" June and July; '0belisk,"
| July August anu september, 0ODStdcle.
September, October and November; "Offal,,.,
| November and December, and 'Offense"
means November, December and January.
"OpuleDce" means tomorrow, "0puleHt,H
this week, and '0range" this month. IN re-
ferring to the time of day that a sale<fs to be
made the broker writes "Outlaws for $50
| O'Clock in the morning, and ~Out.ageous"
| for II o'clock. If he telegraphs "Buy 1000
bushels at paddle" he means 2.15 p. IN. If
he uses the word "Palnthr he means 345 p.
In keeplngssa customer posted ON the state
on his market broker has vocabulary at
| his fingers ends with which he gives his Gus
toner great deal of information for very
| cheap telegraph tolls. For instance, "Pic-
| ture" means that the market opened steady
and firm at yesterdays closing quotations,
| and 'Pilfer' informs the customer that the
| market is firmer, with indications of an adj
| vance. PILLOW" describes the market as
firm, with good shipping and speculative de-
at full quotations. while pistol states that
| the market is very firm. When the single
word plague" shoots over the wires it
means that the market is active and still
indicates that the market is strong please"
| conveys the intelligence that buyers are CIV
| ing decided preference for future de-
| livery, and 'Plow" means that there
is an active demand for immediate de-
| livery. A broker telegraphing from this
city to Pittsburg frequently uses the word
"Plucking," which means that under
influence of firm advices from New York
this market has stiffened. The simple word
"Plumage' means that Eastern and foreign
adyices being decidedly more favorable
| spectators bought freely. The plumber is
| utilized to convey the information that the
| advance is caused by reported heavy failure.
Political means that speculation IS en-
| couraged by the easy money market. When
| the market is inactive Poverty" means that
| sales are quiet and prices nominal The
startling information that the market is in
panic is described by the word "ProdigaP'
and ''profane'' means the. market is .tiuctu;,
ating. Where combination cipher is used
three words mean heaps. Ten, inquistorial,
fodder mean 'Think you can buy 500
tierces P. S. lard at $7121; answer quick"
The three words, Seventy, illiteral, qunden-
ed, read AT what price can you buy 100
tierces 1914 average sugar-cured hams, Gin
cinnati Company's brandw e
The language employed in buying and
selling, of course, differs from that employ
ed in the other ciphers. "Repulsive'' means
means to keep on buying. "Revelry' means
| to stop buying, and asks the question also,
'How much have you bought?" The word
| ridicule means that the cargo has been
bought ahoat and robber informs the buyer
that the broker can buysat prices named,
while ruffiian means that the broker can not
buy and hold on margin. Sacredly means
name the highest price you will pay, and if
| We can uO DttbSr Will you give the DeHenI.
There are thousands of other words in use
that mean great deal to the man of bust
| ness.
The Signal Service which is under the con-
troll of the War Department, has an extern
sive cipher code of its own, by which Sig
nal Service officer Stationed out in Manitoba
can telegraph one word to the Signal Service
man here and inform him that a terrible
blizzard is travelling east at the rate of mile
every second. BY the use of one, two or
| n MOI Of n 70
ton in Jacksonville will describe the tenn
perature, the velocity and direction of the
wind, and, If it has rained, how much rain
has fallen within the past twenty-four hours.
The most outlandish word will mean that
beautiful weather is predicted, and the most
sublime and serene expression of two or
three or four words will predict beastly
weather. The government has contracts
with the telegraph companies for the trans
mission OF information regarding weather
representations, and while, in measure, a
great deal of money is saved by the use of a
Geographic cipher, one of the main features